Loki is not entirely aware that he'd unsettled the man. It wasn't really his intent, not truly. He'd just responded to the chill in the air by taking this shape, and following his nose had led him here.

"I'm... trying not to. It's not so easy- I burned many bridges, so to speak before I came to the desire to be better, so there are not many anymore who are willing to listen, let alone help. A conundrum of my own making true, but no less frustrating for it. Maybe moreso because of that. I cannot lay blame anywhere but at my own feet for all I'd like a convenient scapegoat."